TE AROHA DISTRICT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 10

TE AROHA DISTRICT.

. " - — w» ■— NEW BRIDGE OVER WAIHOU. , RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.. [EI ■ TELEGRAPH. —OWN / CORRESPONDENT.] . - . TE AROHA. , Thursday;' • .The ; Mayor, Mr. R. Coulter, will ; leave for Wellington / next week; to interview /Prime Minister relative to a subsidy, for ''/the proposed ferro-concrete traffic bridge over ■'. the Waihou River /; at , iTe Aroha. . ■ . ' ' . , ./.; ' •;/The Elstow settlers propose to erect a • hall.in their district shortly. They are now working with the object of raising funds for the. purpose. . v -> _ » , '/:At the meeting of the Te Aroha Chamber of; Commerce on Tuesday/: Mr. R. iCoulter reported that recently he -had interviewed the district traffic manager of railways. The manager, asked the attitude ;; of Te Aroha toward the ; representations made by the Hamilton Chamber of ;Commerce, for .an; alteration, in ; the existing ; railway time-table,' arid it;;was ex-; plained that the alterations as: suggested : would : not ' suit the requirements of t the. .district. •■ It; was .' suggested that what Te Aroha: would consider an ■: improvement in the service would sbe if the i Thames-Frank--ton evening mixed train was made to depart from ; Thames a little earlier, speeded ,up on • the journey, so as to connect : with from Rotorua and Cambridge lines, and > instead -. of > ending- -its;/; journey /at Frankton should run >,through ;to Auckland. " The chamber, endorsed the suggestion. -